Show seven years work on worlds smallest book co completion in of 0 what Is described as aj the smallest printed book in the world a tiny volume of 28 pages of 0 verses by the persian poet omar khayyam was announced recently at worcester mass the book so small that its entire contents would barely cover halt half of nn ordinary postage stamp contains 40 quatrains qua trains of 0 omars poetry from a translation made several years ago by a worcester man eben francis thompson a widely known student of persia the tiny book Is the work of philadelphia publishers who completed it some time ago after more than seven bears 3 ears effort in its final form bound in leather covers it Is 8 3 16 by 5 ag of an inch jn in dimension it was printed from copper plates senen plates each containing four pages were made by photo engrav ing two quatrains qua trains appear on a page the completed book weighs a third ot of a carat the smallest printed book previously known was a miniature printed in cleveland ohio in 1900 this volume which has since become a literary rarity was also a book of omars verses made up from the fourth edition ot of fitzgeralds translation it was approximately one eighth of an inch taller than the local book |